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The new West Broad Street Business Association is holding a free festival at the Rose Garden Oct. 20 from noon to 5 p.m.

The event will include food, children's activities, live music and samplings of members' products and services.

Association representative Shannon Patrick, owner of The Puppy Palace Doggie Day Care, said a number of West Broad Street businesses came together in March to promote the Westside and improve the business environment, because it lacks the money,...

When Bethlehem City Council adopted a new, 168-page zoning ordinance in August, council members warned they would fine tune it. Their first set of changes was reviewed at the Planning Commission's Oct. 11 meeting, with mixed results.

Planners first considered changes that would tighten the parking of recreational and commercial vehicles in residential districts to include any vehicle that weighs more than 10,000 pounds, as well as box trucks, cargo trucks and container trucks.

If you own a smartphone or an iPad, you can now download a Hanover Township app that puts Residential Waste and Recycling, special waste collection details and more at your fingertips, anytime you want them.

"We've just launched a mobile app that contains all of the information people need to know, tailored specifically to their neighborhoods, about our residential waste and recycling services," said Township Manager Jay Finnigan.

Husband and wife journalists Colin McEvoy and Lynn Olanoff will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Bethlehem Area Public Library, 11 W. Church St. At the free event, they will discuss their book, "Love Me Or Else," about the murder of Bucks County Lutheran Church employee Rhonda Smith by church member Mary Jane Fonder. The book will be available for purchase and there will be a book signing.

The Bethlehem Chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will sponsor "Don't Judge a Library By its Cover" from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 20. The talk about the future of Pennsylvania's public libraries will be held at the Bethlehem Area Public Library's (BAPL) main branch, 11 W. Church St.

Kathy Silks of PaLA will discuss the "PA Forward" project and the ways libraries are uniquely positioned to meet their community needs. Janet Fricker, BAPL executive director, will...